Thursday, 14 October 2010
The Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council was held on 7 and 8 October in Luxembourg. My honourable friend, the Minister of State for Immigration (Damian Green) and my right honourable friend,...
My honourable friend the Minister of State for Skills and Lifelong Learning, has today made the following Statement. On Wednesday 13 October the Office for National Statistics (ONS) announced...
The Government provide generous tax relief to save for a pension, to encourage individuals to take responsibility for retirement planning and to recognise that pensions are less flexible than...
On Wednesday 13 October, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) announced that it has now chosen to reclassify general further education colleges as part of central Government. This decision...
The coalition Government are committed to review public bodies, with the aim of increasing accountability for actions carried out on behalf of the state. Today I am placing in the Library of the...
I am today publishing a strategy for voluntary and community groups, charities and social enterprises. The document sets out the scale and nature of the opportunities being made available to...
Over the past few months, the UK and our coalition partners in Afghanistan have carried out a rebalancing of forces within the area of operations covered by Regional Command (South West). In a...
I am today laying before Parliament the 14th( )report prepared pursuant to section 11 of the Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986 as amended by the Health and...
I am today publishing the Government's response to the consultation on the proposals to implement generic substitution of medicines in primary care. Alongside it a report of the analysis of...
I am pleased to announce that I have today published the Department of Health's progress report in response to the recommendations of the parliamentary and health service ombudsman and local...
On 16 April 2010 judgment was handed down on a judicial review of a decision made by the previous Government not to accept a recommendation made in the report of Lord Archer of Sandwell's...
The Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council was held on 7 and 8 October in Luxembourg. My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Justice and I attended on behalf of the United Kingdom. The...
I am announcing today our intention to end the current suspension of enforced returns of failed asylum seekers to Zimbabwe. There are some Zimbabweans who continue to have a well-founded fear of...
I regret to inform that House that there were inaccuracies in an answer to parliamentary questions 15306, 15307, 15308, 15309, 15310 and 15391 (linked) on 15 September 2010, Official Report,...
In March 2010 a list of key performance indicators was published for Her Majesty's Courts Service for 2010-11. One of these indicators was "to maintain the "very satisfied" element of the HMCS...
I wish to make a statement to announce plans for changes to the coroner system in England and Wales. We believe the proposals I am putting forward today will bring improvements to the system, and...
The first Transport Council of the Belgian presidency will take place in Luxembourg on 15 October. The Council will be asked to reach a political agreement on the directive amending Directive...
The Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council will be held on 21 October 2010 in Luxembourg. Andy Lebrecht, UK deputy permanent representative to the EU, will represent the...
Written Ministerial Statements were introducted in late 2002 to stop the practice of having “planted” or “inspired” questions designed to elicit Government statements.
They are just that – statements on a particular topic by a Government Minister.